Hi all,
I would sincerely appreciate if you guys can help me with the following toy train:
my wife is a fan of the movie Heintje - Ein Herz geht auf Reisen (see the link at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064410/ for more information). In particular she loves the train set in it: the train that the kid Heintje and his granddaddy played. I cherish her and wish I can buy her that train as a Christmas gift.
Unfortunately I have no idea what train the movie actually uses, nor do I have a picture. But considering the impact of German-made trains, I would GUESS it must be a popular brand name. Can anyone offer any clue about what train it is?
The apparent difficulty is that the film was produced more than 30 years ago and you have to be old enough to see and cherish it...and the train:) In any event, I hope fans in this forum can surprise me:D
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
Hello Nerf,
German toy trains from 1969 is likely to be Märklin, but could also be Fleischmann and others. Since these brands started their move away from scale 0 (which we love so much on this forum) in 1955, it is than likely to be H0 (half zero) scale. If you are able to get some photos from this video, I will gladly help you to see if we can identify it. In case it is indeed Märklin H0 and a common starter set, it is likely that you are able to arrange a second hand quality via second-hand train shops, Ebay Germany, etc. for a relative low price (well low in scale 0 terms).
Funny to hear that your wifes heart is so moved by such a classical German films.
Herzliche Grüssen / Best regards
Eggo
Try posting your question on this forum:
http://www.worldrailfans.info/forum/
It's run by an Englishman who now lives in New Zealand; but the predominant interest is in German railroads, and in HO scale models of them.
Viel Glück!
Bob Nelson
thank you for your reply. It seems that I really need to re-watch the film again:D I will try to find some photos first and then post here
Guys, thank you for all your suggestions. Here are the pictures that I got from the movie. They are not that clear, but I tried my best.
http://www.4shared.com/dir/4162375/3b2a3c0f/sharing.html
Any idea?
Well Nerf,
It is good that you showed the pictures. Our guesses were wrong. It is a bigger scale than 0 and not smaller, my guess if I compare it to the people their hands and feet it is scale G or 1:22.5 and the brand would than be LGB.
LGB (Lehmann GrossBahn) restarted production in 1968 with scale G stuff. So, your movie is from 1969, then this would have been the hottest trainstuff around for those days. Indeed LGB is a two-rail system and the locomotives and wagons are vaguely familiar to as LGB for me, although my knowlegde on LGB is limited. I think then you should look at Garden Rail forums or perhaps there is another more dedicated forum on LGB / Scale G. They do have an internet site in the USA ( http://www.lgboa.com/ ), perhaps that is usefull for you. In the begin of 2007 LGB went bankrupt and a few months ago Märklin bought them over, so LGB is still produced and branded.
Here in Europe LGB is still a fairly expensive brand, well it is nice, but I am sometimes really surprised about price levels of LGB also in the second-hand markets. The items you showed are as I guess relatively common and perhaps you are lucky on Ebay / second-hand shops / swap meets, etc. to find these reasonable priced.
Well good luck with the hunt and I hope she will like it in the end.
Best regards,
The track is Maerklin number-1 gauge, 45 millimeters or 1 3/4 inches, nowadays called G. The scale, on the other hand, can be all over the map, ranging from about 1/20 to represent 3-foot-gauge trains to 1/32 for standard gauge.
Thank you Eggo, and all other warm-hearted fans. I am really pleasantly surprised by how quickly you guys can find it out! I myself is a dummy in toy train, but I hope my wife (and I) will get lots of fun from it.
It seems that all evidences converge to LGB. So is ebay the right place to go?
Again many thanks!
More to restore wrote:Well Nerf,It is good that you showed the pictures. Our guesses were wrong. It is a bigger scale than 0 and not smaller, my guess if I compare it to the people their hands and feet it is scale G or 1:22.5 and the brand would than be LGB.LGB (Lehmann GrossBahn) restarted production in 1968 with scale G stuff. So, your movie is from 1969, then this would have been the hottest trainstuff around for those days. Indeed LGB is a two-rail system and the locomotives and wagons are vaguely familiar to as LGB for me, although my knowlegde on LGB is limited. I think then you should look at Garden Rail forums or perhaps there is another more dedicated forum on LGB / Scale G. They do have an internet site in the USA ( http://www.lgboa.com/ ), perhaps that is usefull for you. In the begin of 2007 LGB went bankrupt and a few months ago Märklin bought them over, so LGB is still produced and branded.Here in Europe LGB is still a fairly expensive brand, well it is nice, but I am sometimes really surprised about price levels of LGB also in the second-hand markets. The items you showed are as I guess relatively common and perhaps you are lucky on Ebay / second-hand shops / swap meets, etc. to find these reasonable priced.Well good luck with the hunt and I hope she will like it in the end.Best regards, Eggo
I'm sure eBay is fine. I recommend you get a copy of Garden Railways, a magazine featured on this (trains.com) website. Peruse the advertisers. I am partial to St. Aubin's Station because they are close-by. http://www.staubintrains.com/trainshop/default.asp
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
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